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Punakha in July

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Punakha is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 17 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Punakha is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 17 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 100% of days
Daylight
13h 41mon average

Is July a good time to visit Punakha?

Yes. July is one of Punakha's best months (July to October).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in July, against 61°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in July, against 16°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

100% of days in July, against 77% to 100% through the year.

Cloud cover

82% cover in July, against 19% to 82% through the year.

Daylight

13h 41m in July, against 10h 25m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June81°27°low 63°low 17°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. July80°27°low 65°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. August81°27°low 64°low 18°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Punakha sits, in July

Asia/Thimphu
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
5:14 AMsets 6:58 PM
Above the sea
1,240 mupland
Latitude
27.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Thimphu26 km south-west

The land around Punakha, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Bhutan in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Punakha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Punakha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,240 m) against the climate model's (1,872 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,240 m) against the climate model's (1,872 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.